(19)
(11) EP 1 978 732 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.12.2008 Bulletin 2008/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/41

(21) Application number: 08251248.4

(22) Date of filing: 31.03.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 5/235(2006.01)
 H04N 5/202(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 03.04.2007 JP 2007097527

(71) Applicant: Nikon Corporation
Tokyo 100-8331 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Muramatsu, Masaru
    Tokyo 100-8331 (JP)

(74) Representative: Petzold, Silke et al
RGC Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ
London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

   


(54) Imaging apparatus


(57) An imaging apparatus includes a photometry section, an exposure calculating section, an imaging section, and an image processing section. The photometry section performs the photometry of a subject. The exposure calculating section sets exposure conditions based on a photometry result of the photometry section. The imaging section images the subject in accordance with the exposure conditions to generate image data. The image processing section is capable of performing the image correction to perform improvement of luminosity for the dark region, on the image data generated in the imaging section. In the above described configuration, the exposure calculating section determines exposure conditions according to correction setting of the image correction in the image processing section.







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